Sven Botman

[STM]

Hes a talented boy like. That second half was unreal.

[SteV]

3 minutes ago, jack j said:

Don't think we have scored a goal with a back 5 for what feels like about ten games now

 

Gotta be Botman and Burn in a 4 next week. Not arsed if they're both left footed

Could definitely see him sticking with the back 5 against Arsenal. Not least to counter their set piece threat.

 

He managed to find ways to threaten them playing it last season, albeit with a different striker.

[Heron]

3 minutes ago, STM said:

Hes a talented boy like. That second half was unreal.

More importantly he wears Heron t-shirts.

[The Prophet]

Sounds like him and his agent have been kicking off about game time. Rightly so really.

[80]

3 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Sounds like him and his agent have been kicking off about game time. Rightly so really.

What makes you say that? Not that I'm surprised - he went to see Eddie after he didn't start his first couple of games back in 22/23 to express his thoughts, he's not shy about that.

[Heron]

Fabian Schar and Dan Burn have simply been undroppable though. Injury to Schar means this is Botmans chance.

 

 

Edited September 21, 2025 by Heron

[Conjo]

It's a difficult one to manage. Burn is such a big character for the club, in the dressing room and playing the best football of his career. Botman is the future and is probably in all honesty a better player than Burn. It's been fine up until now due to Botmans injury problems, but now that he has proven his fitness by being injury free for some time I'm glad it isn't me having to do the selection. I felt subbing Botman on against Barca smacked of pleasing Botman rather than making the sub to get something from the game. Maybe to some extent using a back 5 against Leeds and Bournemouth (B'mouth game less so) too.

[Erikse]

Could just play Burn at left back and bench Tino.

[joeyt]

1 hour ago, 80 said:

What makes you say that? Not that I'm surprised - he went to see Eddie after he didn't start his first couple of games back in 22/23 to express his thoughts, he's not shy about that.

 

I don't think it was a coincidence he was linked to Leverkusen at the end of August and then all of a sudden he was starting for us against Leeds

 

Looks clear to me that he's told Eddie he needs to be playing or he'll leave

[McDog]

2 minutes ago, Erikse said:

Could just play Burn at left back and bench Tino.

 

 

Could play Ramsdale as a striker. I hear he can really kick it.

[Lotus]

Liverpool will be sniffing around him if we don’t get his contract sorted.

[Erikse]

8 minutes ago, Conjo said:

It's a difficult one to manage. Burn is such a big character for the club, in the dressing room and playing the best football of his career. Botman is the future and is probably in all honesty a better player than Burn. It's been fine up until now due to Botmans injury problems, but now that he has proven his fitness by being injury free for some time I'm glad it isn't me having to do the selection. I felt subbing Botman on against Barca smacked of pleasing Botman rather than making the sub to get something from the game. Maybe to some extent using a back 5 against Leeds and Bournemouth (B'mouth game less so) too.

 

We need to make sure that Botman is happy here, but playing 5 at the back against Leeds to please him and drawing as a results would be a bit silly.

 

 

Edited September 21, 2025 by Erikse

[Conjo]

32 minutes ago, Erikse said:

 

We need to make sure that Botman is happy here, but playing 5 at the back against Leeds to please him and drawing as a results would be a bit silly.

 

 

Yeah, I put it more down to my conspiratorial brain rot since I cannot for the life of me understand why we would play 5 at the back against a newly promoted team.

[andycap]

It's time for Botman and thiaw partnership. Burn and schar have had a good run. 

[oldtype]

I wouldn’t mind starting any two of our four CBs really. But assuming Botman can stay healthy, I think it makes sense to have him replace Schar as first choice this season. Better to transition too early rather than too late, and I don’t want to be put in the position where we have to spend money on a Schar/Burn replacement once they’re actually too old because Botman becomes unhappy and leaves.

 

Same goes for Thiaw but we have a little more time to ease him in since he’s just joined.

 

 

Edited September 21, 2025 by oldtype

[andycap]

Burn has been top notch for a while but it's like having Maldini benched for a not as talented player who's in the form of his life.

it's time to actually use the quality player in my opinion or we will end up losing him. 

[BermyToon]

Not impressed to see him start a second game in three days given his injury record.

[gbandit]

Just now, BermyToon said:

Not impressed to see him start a second game in three days given his injury record.

Think it’s a positive sign personally. They’d only play him if they were confident that the performance data suggested he’d be fine 

[Fak]

3 minutes ago, BermyToon said:

Not impressed to see him start a second game in three days given his injury record.

 

It'd be less impressive for him not to be able to start two games in a couple of days because of his injury record. 

[CallumG6]

Hopefully can build some confidence tonight!

[nufcjmc]

Maybe its because he's at the stage of needing minutes in his legs or maybe its to develop the CB pairing/partnership he's 8/9 years younger than Burn we need to rely on him a bit more as we need to be sure about offering his next contract and BDB won't be here forever (sad thinking about the end of the schar/burn era). 

[Casey]

Bradford game not finished but looks like another clean sheet and 90 mins in his legs and been steady as can be, same as vs Bournemouth. Good shit. 

 

Edit: My bad

 

 

Edited September 24, 2025 by Casey

[Newcastle Fan]

Almost cheating playing him at this level.

[andycap]

Elite player is big sven. 

[SiLvOR]

I don't know how, but we have to get him into the starting 11 as often as possible. He's sheer class.